Dog badly beaten for protecting home

Brett Hansen hopes the would-be burglars who beat his dog and left her hanging by the neck in Mount Maunganui will be licking their own wounds.

Blood left on the smashed gate and on a window near where the 13-year-old bitch was left dangling suggest to him that his plucky Daks was able to leave her mark on her assailants.
Police are investigating the attack on the dog as well as the burglary attempt and have sent blood samples from the scene away for analysis.

Acting Senior Sergeant Darryl Brazier said the staffordshire bull terrier cross suffered a cruel beating for trying to protect her master's Reilly Ave home.
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